{"id":652,"date":"2007-10-19T16:07:16","date_gmt":"2007-10-19T14:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisnormallife.com\/?p=652"},"modified":"2009-12-28T16:08:38","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T14:08:38","slug":"47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisnormallife.com\/2007\/10\/47\/","title":{"rendered":"47"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I recently turned 47 and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m feeling old. When I was growing up, 47 would have already been \u00e2\u20ac\u0153middle aged.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still the case but just the same things have been changing for me and my body.<\/p>\n

First off there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my gut. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not huge, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s definitely growing. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m eating and exercising the same, so all I can blame it on is age. I feel it when I run. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s harder to keep up, to maintain my stamina.<\/p>\n

When I mention it to friends they pooh-pooh me and tell me I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still the skinniest 47-year-old they know. But after eight years of wearing the same size, my pants no longer fit. If my waist has gone up, how can it all be in my head?
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\nMy wife Jody bought me a present for my birthday. A gift certificate for 2 free sessions with a personal trainer. Is she trying to send me a message?<\/p>\n

My second complaint about getting older is my eyes. The problem is distance. Recently, when we were driving home from a trip out of the city, I realized I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make out the cars in front of me, couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see the signs directing us back to Jerusalem until I was nearly on top of them. We wound up pulling over so I could let Jody drive.<\/p>\n

My optometrist says I need two pairs of glasses. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s right, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to be one of those old farts who wears his spectacles around his neck on a chain. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll soon be looking to raise money for a new software company I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m starting later this month. Investors expect generation y twentysomethings. How\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s it going to look when this old geezer with two pairs of glasses dangling from his neck walks into the room? Checkbooks out? I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think so\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

But the biggest sign that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m getting old is that my darling daughter Merav, suddenly, seemingly overnight, has turned into a teenager\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and she knows it. She won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t share anything about her life, indeed she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll barely talk to us.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153How was school?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my business and not yours.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Are you still friends with Daniella?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Talk to the hand.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Where are you going tonight?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ooh, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re so controlling!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

What happened to the eight year old little girl who loved to cuddle and wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t go to sleep without me reading her a book for bed? How did I get old enough to even have a 14-year-old daughter? A friend once said you want to eat them up when they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re little; when they become teenagers you wish you had.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll never understand,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Merav told me. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You were never a teenager.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t she understand I just want to be there for her, to share some of the experience I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve gained in hindsight. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m convinced that my life was no less a rollercoaster than hers. But trying telling that to our little \u00e2\u20ac\u0153screamager.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

But 47 could also be a year of incredible opportunity. This is the year when my aforementioned web business will launch and either take off or flop. This is also the year when I am sure I will find a cure to the chronic insomnia that has plagued me for so long.<\/p>\n

And then there was last night. As Jody and I were climbing into bed and were about to turn out the lights, Jody turned to me and in a come hither voice said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153you know\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never been with a 47-year-old before\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d One thing led to another and, well\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Maybe 47 won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be so bad after all!<\/p>\n

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